Curtain-fixture.



S. J. TRACY.

CURTAIN FIXTURE. APPLIGATION FILED JAN{281..190B.

WITNESSES:

PATENTED JULY 21, 1908..

STEPHEN J. TRACY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1908.

Application filed January 28, 1908. Serial No. 413,047.

citizen of the United States, and resident of New York, in the county ofNew York and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Curtain- Fixtures, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in curtain fixtures.

The main objects are to provide a cheap, simple and readily operableconstruction for sustaining, opening and closing a pair of ourtalns orportieres.

It consists in an improved construction and arrangement of guides, cordsand weights, as more fully set forth in the following description andthe accompanying single sheet of drawings.

Figure 1. is a view showing the complete embodiment of my invention, thecurtains being closed. Fig. 2. is a vertical section on the plane of theline 00, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow and showing theleft hand side weight. Fig. 3. is a vertical section on the plane of theline 11 Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow and showing thecenter weight. Fig. 4. is a detail view of one of the end cord guidedevices, full size. Fig. 5. is a similar view of the center guidedevice. Fig. 6. is a detail partial sectional view of the center weight,full size.

The rod 1, is supported in a suitable manner as, for instance, bybrackets 2 and 3.

The curtains, 4 and 5, are supported by suitable rings or devices suchas 6 and 7, which will slide freely on the rod. The end rings arepreferably located outside the brackets so as to limit the movement ofthe curtains.

A center guide, 8, and end guides, 9 and 10, are provided for theoperating cords or chains which will be hereinafter described. Eachguide consists of a split body slightly larger than the curtain rod, ametal strip having ears 11, 11, bent double and terminating in lugs 12,12, and a wheel or sheave such as 13, for the cord. The ears 11, 11, areriveted or otherwise secured to the body and thus hold it together. Thisaffords a cheap, rigid con struction which is easily assembled. A thumbor other screw, 14, is used to clamp the guide on to the rod 1. Thecenter guide has two wheels or sheaves, 15, 15 for the two cords, and aplate, 16, is used to space them apart and keep the cords from gettingout of place.

A cord or chain, 17, is secured to the curtain 4, at intervals, or tothe rings 6 in any suitable manner and the ends passed over the wheel ofthe end guide 9, and one of the cen ter wheels, 15. The other cord, 18,is similarly secured to curtain, 5, or its rings and the ends passedover the wheel of the end guide, 10 and the other center wheel, 15.Weights, 19 and 20, are secured to the outer ends of the cords. Theinner ends of the cords are united to an extension cord, 21, whichcarries the center weight, 22. This center weight is substantially equalto the weight of the two outer ones. To prevent injury to the glass,when the apparatus is used with window curtains, I make the centerweight of a bag, 23, filled with sand or shot, 24, so that it isflexible. This allows the weight to bend and yield sufliciently when itis swung and strikes against the glass, so that it is brought to restgradually and without injury to the glass. I also prefer to cover theweight with a fringe, 25, which serves to increase the yielding effectand is ornamental as well.

By this construction it is possible to open and close a pair of curtainsby simply raising or lowering the center weight. The arrangement alsoserves to hold the curtains in any position intermediate open andclosed. When the curtains are open the center weight is raised and outof the way. Only one hand is necessary for operating the cords.

What I claim is:

1. A curtain fixture comprising the combination of a rod, two curtainsslidably sup ported therefrom, a center and two end guides, two cordsoperating through said guides for sliding the curtains, an outer weightfor each cord and a center weight common to both cords andcounterbalancing the outer weights.

2. A curtain fixture guide comprising a split ring like body forencircling a rod, means for clamping the body to a rod, a metal stripformed with doubled ears secured to the ends of the body and withdepending lugs, and a wheel carried by said lugs.

STEPHEN J. TRACY.

Witnesses:

RoBT. S. ALLYN, RICHARD W. HORNER.

